• groet@feddit.org
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    17 days ago

    The price to buy housing is influenced by how many people want to buy. People who want to live there are competing with landlords who want to rent out the housing. So it drives up the buying price.

    A landlord buying for a higher price will likely try to charge a higher rent as to recoup the investment.

    More potential landlords means higher rent prices. Every single landlord is increasing the problem.

    • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
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      16 days ago

      This is the same logic that fossil fuel companies do to shift blame from themselves onto consumers.